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Gaetūli (Gētūli), ōrum, m., = Γαιτοῦλοι,

  1. I. a people of northwestern Africa, south of the Mauri and Numidae, in the modern Morocco, the Gœtulians, Mel. 1, 4, 4; 3, 10, 4; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 43; Sall. J. 18, 9; 80, 1 al.
    In sing.: Gaetūlus, i, m., the Gœtulian, collect., Luc. 4, 678.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Gaetūlus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Gœtulians, Gœtulian: Syrtes, Verg. A. 5, 192; Hor. C. 2, 20, 15: leo, Verg. A. 5, 351; Hor. C. 1, 23, 10; cf. leaena, id. ib. 3, 20, 2: mapalia, Mart. 10, 20, 7; pastor, Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 54: murex, i. e. taken on the African coast, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 181; Ov. F. 2, 319; cf. Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127; hence, also, transf.: Gaetulisve magis fucaret vellus ahenis, Sil. 16, 177: Thetis, i. e. mare Libycum, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 148.
    2. B. Gaetūlĭa, ae, f., the country of the Gœtulians, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 11.
    3. C. Gaetūlĭcus, a, um, adj., Gœtulian: purpura, Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 201: purpurissum, id. 35, 6, 26, § 45.
      Subst.: Gaetūlĭcus, i, m., a surname of Cn. Cornelius Cossus Lentulus, the conqueror of the Gœtulians, Flor. 4, 12, 40; Tac. A. 4, 42; 46; 6, 30; Juv. 8, 26.

Gĕtae, ārum, m., = Γέται,

  1. I. a Thracian tribe on the Danube, bordering on the Dacians, the Getœ, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3; Mel. 2, 2, 3; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41; 4, 12, 25, § 80; Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3; Verg. G. 3, 462; Ov. P. 3, 4, 92; Hor. C. 3, 24, 11; 4, 15, 22.
    In sing.: Gĕta, ae, m., a Getan, Ov. P. 1, 8, 6; Sen. Hippol. 167; in the Gr. form, Gĕtes, ae, Ov. P. 1, 2, 108; 2, 1, 66; Luc. 2, 54 al.
    1. B. Transf.: Gĕta, ae, m., a Roman surname; as C. Licinius Geta, consul A. U. C. 638, censor 646, Cic. Clu. 42, 119; and Geta, brother and coregent of the emperor Caracalla, Spart. Ant. Geta, 1 sqq. Also the name of a Greek slave, Ter. Ad. and Phorm.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Gĕtes, ae, adj. m., of or belonging to the Getœ, Getan: poëta, Ov. P. 4, 13, 17: Hebrus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1041.
    2. B. Gĕtĭcus, a, um, adj., Getan, in poet. transf. also for Thracian: gens, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 13: arma, id. P. 2, 8, 69; hence also: maritus Veneris (i.e. Mars), Stat. S. 1, 2, 53: sermo, Ov. P. 4, 13, 19: lyra, i. e. of the Thracian Orpheus, Stat. S. 3, 1, 17; cf. plectrum, id. ib. 2, 2, 61: volucres, i. e. the swallows (because Progne, wife of the Thracian king Tereus, was changed into a swallow), id. Th. 12, 478: (aqua) frigidior Geticis pruinis, Juv. 5, 50
      Adv.: Gĕtĭce, like the Getœ: loqui, Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 58.

† gēthyum, yi, n., = γήθυον, a kind of onion, leek, Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 105; 19, 7, 35, § 117.

Gĕtĭce, adv., v. Getae, II. B. fin.

Gĕtĭcus, a, um, v. Getae, II. B.

Gētūlī, and its derivatives, v. Gaetuli.